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Oracle Corporation is a leading multinational technology company specializing in database software, cloud computing, and enterprise software.
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As a Principal Platform Software Engineer, you will join the team to lead engineering and operational management for highly available, large-scale Oracle database fleets. You will be responsible for driving performance analysis, complex tuning, and reliability improvements while designing infrastructure for access methods, security standards, and capacity planning. Day-to-day tasks include building scalable fleet-management automation and tooling using Python and Shell scripting, leading incident response, and mentoring engineers through code reviews and design guidance. The role requires deep expertise in Oracle 19c, including RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, ASM, and SQL optimization. You will solve complex technical challenges involving multi-tenant scale, middleware patterns, and cloud-scale operations to ensure resilient service delivery. Your work focuses on ensuring consistency across the ecosystem through robust observability standards, infrastructure upgrades, and proactive performance profiling for high-demand database environments.